> There is, of course, lambda, "but its usefulness is quite limited and its syntax is frankly a bit cumbersome". I found them useful enough to implement a BLC

> There is, of course, lambda, "but its usefulness is quite limited and its syntax is frankly a bit cumbersome". I found them useful enough to implement a BLC interpreter [1]. Equally useful as lambda in perl, ruby, and javascript. [1] https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Universal_Lambda_Machine#Python https://rosettacode.org/wiki/Universal_Lambda_Machine#Python